#DELL XPS 15 TOUCH VS MACBOOK PRO VEGA 20 FREE#
Dongles are yet another accessory to juggle, but a free dongle is better than none at all. All Apple gives you with the MacBook Pro 16 is the power supply and a smug look.įortunately, Dell mitigates this a little by including a USB-C dongle with a USB-A and HDMI adapter in the box. What’s the difference between Dell and Apple? You get an HDMI and USB-A dongle in the box with the XPS 15 9500. Suddenly you’re down to a single USB-C port for everything else. A monitor (with adapter) would take another port. With the XPS 15 9500, one USB-C port will always be occupied by the charger. That meant you could charge the older model with an HDMI monitor plugged in as well as a USB keyboard and USB mouse. The previous featured two USB-A, one Thunderbolt 3, a full-size HDMI port, headset jack, SD Card slot, lock port and dedicated charging port. The unofficial reason, we suspect, is that if Apple gets away with it, why not Dell? When we mean “get away with it” we mean, people still buy Apple and Dell laptops by the truckloads, so maybe it’s just us.īeyond the loss of the USB-A though, is an overall trend to lose concurrent port use. Dell’s official reason has been to reduce the thickness of the laptop without adding drop-down jaws or port bulges. We’ve complained about this since Dell jettisoned the USB-A on the XPS 13, but to no avail. Yes, there’s no square USB-A port on the XPS 15 9500, which is sure to chap some hides.
The right side of the gives you (lef tto right) a USB-C port with DisplayPort and USB Power Delivery charging, as well as a UHS-III card reader and headset jack.